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Quinlan case case goes goes to high court M a aa fit a P rF t wJ Wi 1 I r Ad 3 w Paul Armstrong attorney for Mr and Mrs Joseph Quinlan Monday filed appeal papers with the Superior Court in Trenton N. N NJ J. J asking a review of a county courts court's decision that the Quinlan's comatose daughter does not have a to die Karen Quinlan has been kept alive for seven months by a respirator UPI telephoto TRENTON NJ UPI The New Jersey Supreme Court bypassing an appeals panel said Monday it will decide on an accelerated basis whether Karen Ann Quinlan can be removed from a respirator that has kept her alive for seven months The court decided to hear the case just a few f w hours after Paul Armstrong the lawyer for Joseph and Julia Quinlan asked the appellate division of Superior Court to overturn a lower court ruling that refused permission to allow their daughter to die While announcing it will take over the case the high court did not set a date for oral arguments Armstrong went to the appellate division after the parents decided during a week of family circle talks to appeal the ruling of Judge Robert Muir Jr who said Karen does not have a constitutional right to die Lawyers in the case including Morris County Donald G G. Collester who claimed that granting the parents request would amount to homicide agreed that the state Supreme Court eventually would decide the case The unprecedented decision by Muir which raised the question of whether a person has the right to die held the court would not condone taking the comatose year old woman off the respirator that has been keeping her alive for almost seven months Muir ruled The single most im im- important important im- im important temporal quality Karen Ann Quinlan has is life This court will not authorize that life to be taken from her His ruling also rejected arguments about the right to privacy cruel and unusual punishment freedom of religion and privacy Miss Quinlan Qt has been in a coma at St. St Clares Clare's Hospital in Denville NJ since April 14 when her breathing stopped after she took a combination of tranquilizers and alcohol Doctors testified during the trial that her body has shriveled and her weight has dropped to about 27 kilograms 60 pounds pounds one one half o l of what it was when she was admitted She can breathe only by being per per- permanently permanently permanently connected to a respirator Armstrong in a brief interview Monday said the basis of his appeal was that the decision while cataloging the status quo poses the questions without The questions that were set forth in my original brief will certainly be advanced within the elements of the appeal He said his brief which will be filed at a later date also will appeal Muirs Muir's decision to appoint Daniel Coburn a Morristown attorney as guardian of Karens Karen's personal well

Quinlan case case goes goes to high court M a aa fit a P rF t wJ Wi 1 I r Ad 3 w Paul Armstrong attorney for Mr and Mrs Joseph Quinlan Monday filed appeal papers with the Superior Court in Trenton N. N NJ J. J asking a review of a county courts court's decision that the Quinlan's comatose daughter does not have a to die Karen Quinlan has been kept alive for seven months by a respirator UPI telephoto TRENTON NJ UPI The New Jersey Supreme Court bypassing an appeals panel said Monday it will decide on an accelerated basis whether Karen Ann Quinlan can be removed from a respirator that has kept her alive for seven months The court decided to hear the case just a few f w hours after Paul Armstrong the lawyer for Joseph and Julia Quinlan asked the appellate division of Superior Court to overturn a lower court ruling that refused permission to allow their daughter to die While announcing it will take over the case the high court did not set a date for oral arguments Armstrong went to the appellate division after the parents decided during a week of family circle talks to appeal the ruling of Judge Robert Muir Jr who said Karen does not have a constitutional right to die Lawyers in the case including Morris County Donald G G. Collester who claimed that granting the parents request would amount to homicide agreed that the state Supreme Court eventually would decide the case The unprecedented decision by Muir which raised the question of whether a person has the right to die held the court would not condone taking the comatose year old woman off the respirator that has been keeping her alive for almost seven months Muir ruled The single most im im- important important im- im important temporal quality Karen Ann Quinlan has is life This court will not authorize that life to be taken from her His ruling also rejected arguments about the right to privacy cruel and unusual punishment freedom of religion and privacy Miss Quinlan Qt has been in a coma at St. St Clares Clare's Hospital in Denville NJ since April 14 when her breathing stopped after she took a combination of tranquilizers and alcohol Doctors testified during the trial that her body has shriveled and her weight has dropped to about 27 kilograms 60 pounds pounds one one half o l of what it was when she was admitted She can breathe only by being per per- permanently permanently permanently connected to a respirator Armstrong in a brief interview Monday said the basis of his appeal was that the decision while cataloging the status quo poses the questions without The questions that were set forth in my original brief will certainly be advanced within the elements of the appeal He said his brief which will be filed at a later date also will appeal Muirs Muir's decision to appoint Daniel Coburn a Morristown attorney as guardian of Karens Karen's personal well